The CALM trial protocol: a randomised controlled trial of a guided self-help cognitive behavioural therapy intervention to reduce dental anxiety in children.

Background: Globally, around 13% of children experience dental anxiety (DA). This group of patients frequently miss dental appointments, have greater reliance on treatment under general anaesthesia (GA) and have poorer oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) than their non-dentally anxious peers. Recently, a low-intensity cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)-based, self-help approach has been recommended for management of childhood anxiety disorders.

A scoping literature review on minimum intervention dentistry for children with dental caries.

Background Dental caries in children's permanent teeth remains a global burden. In contrast to the traditional approach of treating the disease through surgical operative intervention, minimum intervention has increasingly been recommended for managing children with dental caries.Aim This scoping review aimed to describe the literature related to the provision of minimum intervention dentistry for children with caries and to identify research gaps.

Selective Caries Removal in Permanent Teeth (SCRiPT) for the treatment of deep carious lesions: a randomised controlled clinical trial in primary care.

Background: Dental caries is one of the most prevalent non-communicable disease globally and can have serious health sequelae impacting negatively on quality of life. In the UK most adults experience dental caries during their lifetime and the 2009 Adult Dental Health Survey reported that 85% of adults have at least one dental restoration. Conservative removal of tooth tissue for both primary and secondary caries reduces the risk of failure due to tooth-restoration, complex fracture as well as remaining tooth surfaces being less vulnerable to further caries.

A guide to building 'MI' oral healthcare practice.

Minimum intervention dentistry (MID) is the evidence-based delivery of oral healthcare which aims to maximise preservation of tooth structure and longevity of tooth life, improving long-term oral health and wellbeing. In general dental practice implementing such an ethos and approach can require change in the practice structure and processes. Such change in processes requires careful management and planning.

DCPs and research in general dental practice.

The application of evidence-based practice (EBP) requires a competent understanding of the best available research. There is increasing acknowledgement that some of this evidence also needs to be generated at the practice level. Currently, research activity in general dental practices is not well embedded.

School-Based Educational Intervention to Improve Children's Oral Health-Related Knowledge.

Objective: To evaluate a brief oral health promotion intervention delivered in schools by a primary care dental practice, aimed at changing oral health care knowledge and oral health-related behaviors in children.

Design: Cohort study with pretest-posttest design.

Setting: Three primary schools.